FROM REJECTION TO REJOICING GOD’S GREAT PLAN FOR KARY OBERBRUNNER Kary Oberbrunner, now Cedarville’s inaugural Berry Chair of Entrepreneurship, still keeps his initial rejection letter from the University. It was 2005, and Oberbrunner, a pastor at the time, was just at the start of a prolific writing career, one that has seen him publish 14 books to date. He loved his congregation, but he wasn’t sure he was in the right place. “As I was writing, I began to wonder whether God would want me to reach more people outside the four walls of the church.” That itch to pursue a new calling led him to apply to Cedarville University as a Bible professor, envisioning himself teaching the Scripture to students and mentoring them as they made life-changing decisions about who to marry, what jobs to take, and where to live. He even had the backing of a Cedarville trustee. It seemed perfect. BY NI CHOLAS CARR INGTON ’ 10 6
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